Powerful Commands: Learning Imperative Verbs

Powerful Commands: Learning Imperative Verbs

Learning Objective

Understand the meaning and usage of imperative verbs.

What do you already know about giving commands?

What are Imperative Verbs?

Imperative verbs give commands or instructions, such as 'sit', 'run', 'eat', etc.

Identifying Imperative Verbs

Look for verbs that tell someone to do something, like 'jump', 'write', 'listen'.

Using Imperative Verbs

Practice using imperative verbs in sentences to give commands and instructions.

Let's Command!

Interactive activity: Create a fun game or role-play activity where students give and follow commands using imperative verbs.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.